• Job Description

  Req#: H9110-25-0885?language=en&page=809&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity for a new Team Leader has arisen within our DoLS Team. The post is a secondment/fixed term for 8 months due to service needs. Provide leadership and specialist knowledge and advice in respect of the Mental Capacity Act for the University Health Board across a range of delivery functions. The Team Leader will coordinate the Best Interest Assessors with regards to allocation and the LPS/DoLS process. Be responsible for designing, organising, delivering and evaluating bespoke training and staff development programmes relating to Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005, including the Liberty Protection Safeguards (DoLS) to Health care professionals across the UHB. The Team Leader will be responsible for co-ordinating cases which are presented at the Court of Protection, providing advice and expertise to staff across all professionals working within the UHB. Please ensure you ask permission from your manager before applying for this secondment.

  Main duties of the job

  The role will be to work with the Supervisory Body and the Head of Safeguarding to embed systems and processes across the University Health Board to ensure the UHB meets its legislative requirements in relation to Mental Capacity Act (MCA) & Liberty Protection Safeguards (currently Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

  To work closely with other Supervisory Bodies, Managing Authorities and other health and social care professionals on behalf of the UHB in order to manage the LPS/DoLS assessment and authorisation process.

  Please ensure you ask permission from your manager before applying for this secondment

  About us

  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

  We live by our core values:

  • We listen, learn and improve
  • We treat everyone with respect
  • We all work together as one team

  We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

  Details

  Date posted

  17 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,840 to £53,602 a year Per annum

  Contract

  Secondment

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  110-NMR267-0625

  Job locations

  Health Board Head Quarters/ Ynysmeurig House

  Mountain Ash

  Abercynon

  CF45 4SN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

  Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or B1 Level if youve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesnt mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

  Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable at Level 3 Speaking/Listening (or B1 Level if youve learnt Welsh as an adult). This doesnt mean you have to be fluent or able to write long reports in Welsh; it just means being able to hold simple conversations with patients.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Possess specialist knowledge of MCA 2005 and LPS/DoLS and Mental Health Act 2007 in the context of clinical service delivery

  Desirable

  • Degree level or equivalent in a health/social care discipline at Masters Level (or working towards)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience in relevant areas of practice

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Knowledge

  Essential

  • Possess specialist knowledge of MCA 2005 and LPS/DoLS and Mental Health Act 2007 in the context of clinical service delivery

  Desirable

  • Degree level or equivalent in a health/social care discipline at Masters Level (or working towards)

  Experience

  Essential

  • Significant experience in relevant areas of practice

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

  Address

  Health Board Head Quarters/ Ynysmeurig House

  Mountain Ash

  Abercynon

  CF45 4SN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

  Address

  Health Board Head Quarters/ Ynysmeurig House

  Mountain Ash

  Abercynon

  CF45 4SN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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